eBay: North American B-25 Mitchell

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VINTAGE ORIGINAL WW2 BONES B-25 BOMBER REAL PHOTO 8X10 IN FRAME BUZZ HOLLAND | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VINTAGE ORIGINAL WW2 BONES B-25 BOMBER REAL PHOTO 8X10 IN FRAME BUZZ HOLLAND at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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Bones , Buzz Holland

 

[Wurger]

 

[Snautzer01]

1940s North American B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber 8x10 Original Photo | eBay

Historical photograph. Blacklight Test: No. Size: Size given is almost always the paper size of item and not image size. Grading Standard: 1st Generation AKA Original Photo. Do not expect perfect photos.

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[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

*PHOTO* 345th BG B-25 Mitchell "DIRTY DORA II" in Combat ~ Excellent | eBay

An excellent image of 345th BG "Air Apaches" B-25 bomber "DIRTY DORA II" in combat.

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Dirty Dora II 345th BG

 

[Wurger]

 

[Peter Gunn]

That fellow has one heck of a tan I'd say.

 

[Snautzer01]

*WWII photo- B 25 Mitchell Bomber plane Nose Art - REINA DEL PACIFICO* | eBay

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2 guns in nose

 

[Wurger]

 

[Frog]

PBJ-1H pic from US Naval Air Station Lambert Field Saint Louis MO.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

B-25 Bomber American Aviation, Inc., Inglewood, California 8x10 WWII Photo 142a | eBay

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Masking

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

No precut Eduard masks then?

 

[Snautzer01]

1944 USAAF 340th BG Pompeii AF Photo B-25 Airplane & crew, Lee H. KIA later | eBay

Only a few stateside pages of photos before the 340th BG was sent overseas. SC Feb in 1943, Feb 14 SF, End of Feb Australia, New Zealand, then India, Suez Canal, arrive in North Africa Egypt March 27, 1943.

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1944 USAAF 340th BG Pompeii airstrip airfield

early 1944 USAAF 340th Bomb Group Pompeii Airfield Italy Photo Our Air Strip | eBay

Only a few stateside pages of photos before the 340th BG was sent overseas. SC Feb in 1943, Feb 14 SF, End of Feb Australia, New Zealand, then India, Suez Canal, arrive in North Africa Egypt March 27, 1943.

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[Snautzer01]

1944 USAAF 340th BG Alesani AF Corsica France Photo #2hit airplane that returned | eBay

April 17 1944 to April 4th 1945 Corsica, France including Alesani Airfield. from internet :forgottenairfields. Only a few stateside pages of photos before the 340th BG was sent overseas. SC Feb in 1943, Feb 14 SF, End of Feb Australia, New Zealand, then India, Suez Canal, arrive in North Africa...

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1944 USAAF 340th BG Alesani AF Corsica France

 

[Peter Gunn]

Doesn't look too good for the tail gunner, hope he wasn't back there when that hit.

 

[CATCH 22]

Doesn't look too good for the tail gunner, hope he wasn't back there when that hit.

Unfortunatelly he didn't survive. The a/c in the photos above (from the 488-th BS, 340-th BG.) was damaged during a mid-air collision on 21. January 1945. After a bombing run over San Michele bridge, during the turn away strong blast of wind unbalanced another Mitchell (8U s/n 43-4064) that sliced through the empennage of 8P s/n 43-27657. (If you check Joe Baugher's serials he gives this a/c wrongly as 9P from the 489-th BS.) Pilot of the latter was Lt. Pelton, co-pilot Lt. Shackelford, the tail gunner who perished was Sgt. Porter. 8U went down - MACR 11712

Below is the description from the War Diary of 488-th BS.:

Cheers!

 

[Maty12]

Unfortunatelly he didn't survive. The a/c in the photos above (from the 488-th BS, 340-th BG.) was damaged during a mid-air collision on 21. January 1945. After a bombing run over San Michele bridge, during the turn away strong blast of wind unbalanced another Mitchell (8U s/n 43-4064) that sliced through the empennage of 8P s/n 43-27657. (If you check Joe Baugher's serials he gives this a/c wrongly as 9P from the 489-th BS.) Pilot of the latter was Lt. Pelton, co-pilot Lt. Shackelford, the tail gunner who perished was Sgt. Porter. 8U went down - MACR 11712
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Below is the description from the War Diary of 488-th BS.:
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Cheers!

I remember reading somewhere that this mid-air collision was likely what inspired Nately and Dobbs' deaths in Catch-22, though I don't remember where I saw it. It's been a while since I read Patricia Chapman's book on the 340th BG and how they inspired Heller's characters. Not sure if he was with the group at that point. Speaking of which, I do recommend the book.